Sternocera sternicornis
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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| image = Buprestidae - Sternocera sternicornis.JPG
| image_caption = Mounted specimen
| taxon = Sternocera sternicornis
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Sternocera sternicornis is a species of beetle belonging to the Buprestidae family.{{cite web |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id428081/|title=Taxon profile |author= |date= |website=BioLib |access-date=12 January 2017 }}
Subspecies
Description
Sternocera sternicornis can reach a length of about {{convert|45|mm}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.coleoptera-atlas.com/buprestidae-buprestoidea/Julodinae/Sternocera/Sternocera-sternicornis |title=Sternocera sternicornis |last=Bourdon |first=Philippe|website=Coleoptera Atlas |publisher=Coleoptera-Atlas |access-date=12 January 2017}} The basic color of the elytra is metallic bright green, with small yellow or ash-colored eyespots.{{Cite journal |last1=Mielewczik |first1=Michael |last2=Liebisch |first2=Frank |last3=Walter |first3=Achim |last4=Greven |first4=Hartmut |author4-link=Hartmut Greven |date=2012 |title=Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species. |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256260697 |journal=Entomologie Heute |volume=23 |pages=183–215}} Two larger spots are present at the base of the elytra. The surface of the thorax is covered with deeply impressed punctures. The antennae and tarsi are blackish.{{cite book|author=Sir William Jardine|title=The naturalist's library|url=https://archive.org/details/naturalistslibra00jard|year=1835|publisher=W.H. Lizars|pages=[https://archive.org/details/naturalistslibra00jard/page/156 156]–}}
Distribution
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Category:Beetles described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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